SINGLES
EVENTS CONTINUE
Women's
Singles
In the last 32 of the Women’s Single’s
Tonga
’s Eseta Vi was involved in a close match with
Tahiti
’s Tearo Lecaill, eventually losing 9-11 in the sixth set. Tearo will
now play
New Caledonia
’s Alexandra Heraclide.
Somoa’s
only player to progress from the group play Leilani Tamati went down 0- 4
to
New Caledonia
’s Clara Jacquin.
Palau
’s Rimuu Watanabe
won a tough seven set match with number one
Kiribati
women Atea Tetabo.
Kerry
Mok eliminated
Fiji
’s Alisi Ulacala four sets to zero.
The
only
Solomon Islands
women to progress from group play Connie Sifi was knocked out by
Fiji
’s Venetia Koi.
Last
16-
Number one seed, defender Priscilla Tommy played one of the danger players
in the womens field
Palau
’s unseeded Rimuu Watanabe.It was clear to all that Priscilla was off
her normal game. As it turns out she has been having problems with her
long pimpled rubber with one of the pimples coming off and she was forced
to change to another type of rubber, she just managed to scrap through,
winning the seventh set 11- 5.
Fiji
’s Shriti Jeet
defeated
New Caledonia
’s Ornella Bouteille 4-2
Kerry
Mok was defeated by
Tahiti
’s Cyrine Sam 4-1
Palau
’s Korang Watanabe
played Rachel Hsiao in one of the most exciting matches so far, she
was down 3-2, and trailed in the sixth set before winning 11-9 and
won the seventh set 11-5 with heavy support from a large group of
Palau
supporters.
Alexander
Heraclide won in a tight seven set match against
Tahiti
’s Tearo Lecaill.
Men’s
Singles
Last 32 match, six time
SPG
veteran Norman Joe who played his first
SPG
in ‘83’ here in Samoa was involved in a 7 set match against
yesterday’s mixed doubles gold medalist, Tahiti’s fourteen year
old Ocean Belrose. He led early in the seventh set but couldn’t hold on
to the lead. Norman quote’ I would have played seven if it wasn’t for
the coup in Fiji in 87, the younger guys are just to fast for me, I’m
getting old now but I still give the younger guys a hard time, the game
itself is getting to fast for me”
Samoan
personality Frankie Cai was in a hard fought battle with
Kiribati
’s Kevin Reo, saving a match point in the fifth set but lost in six
close sets.
Young
Tahitian player Tinihau-O-Terai Klouman defeated a disappointing Taati
Barao and will now play first seed Fiji’s Wang Qi in the last sixteen.
